#71: John Fooshee — Enneagram for Leaders
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As the founder of People Launching, John Fooshee spends his time launching others! He has coached over 300 people into their personal calling and consulted over 150 organizations. John, and his associate Elaine Webb, are also the co-founders of Gospel Enneagram, a spiritual assessment and training initiative.
John is also the Executive Pastor of Oak City Church in Raleigh, NC. He has been a pastor for twenty-five years and has started two churches. He has served in the Acts 29 Network since 2006 as a pastor, trainer of church planting coaches, coached church planters in three countries. He received his coach training from CoachNet in 2008 and has biblical studies degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary and King University.
He has been married to Lindsay for twenty-five years, has four kids and one daughter-in-law.
On this episode, we dive into the Enneagram and how leaders can use it as a tool for self-discovery and to better understand your team.
Here is a breakdown of the Enneagram types:
Type 1 - The Reformer
Type 2 - The Helper
Type 3 - The Achiever
Type 4 - The Individualist
Type 5 - The Investigator
Type 6 - The Loyalist
Type 7 - The Enthusiast
Type 8 - The Challenger
Type 9 - The Peacemaker
On this episode, John recommends the following resources:
Integrative 9 Assessment (more expensive and pretty)
The Wagner Enneagram Assessment (cheap and not pretty)
Gospel Enneagram Assessment (faith-based assessment)
